lactobacillus

English Thesaurus

1. a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk) (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria,
definition	:	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	acidophilus, lactobacillus acidophilus,
definition	:	a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus lactobacillus,
definition	:	type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae (noun.animal)